Venezuelan billionaire Betancourt at center of major US-brokered oil deal, faces fraud probes
Alejandro Betancourt, chosen by the Trump administration to help develop Venezuela's oil resources, faces money laundering and tax fraud investigations in Switzerland and Spain, according to Le Monde.
Alejandro Betancourt, the 46-year-old head of North American Blue Energy Partners, was selected by the Trump administration as a partner to develop Venezuela's oil resources in what Le Monde described as one of the largest oil contracts in history.
Le Monde reported that Betancourt is the subject of money laundering and tax fraud investigations in Switzerland and Spain.
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- Au Venezuela, le sulfureux Alejandro Betancourt, l’homme derrière « le plus gros contrat pétrolier de l’histoire mondiale » — Le Monde — Une
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